Rail joint



W. B. RUMBAUGH RAIL JOINT Filed Dec. 25. 1922 zy' I @2 1? 49% F W w J /9 a /J J s (Iv/{Io 1 T o O l I 2 INVENTOR WITNESSES I I 4 m, rBY WW.

ATTORNEY meme ea. 1e, 192a w j 'wILLreM B. nonsense, or BELLINGHAM, wnsnrneron;

RAIL JQmnI Application filedDecember 23, 1922. seal in. coarse-. 1

T o al l whomz't may concern.

BA UGH, a citizen of thejUnited'States, reset ing at Bellingham, in the county of hat- 1 com and State of Washington, have invent 'ed certani new and useful Improvements in Rail J oints of which'the 'following is a specification, v 5/ This'invention relatesto railjoints.

One of 'the main objects of the invention is-to provide a joint of simple construct on 7 and operation. having releasablemeans for looking the securing spike inoperative po- 'sition'. LAfurther object is toprovide afjoint having an element adapted to act as a rein forcing members Further objects will ap pear from the; detailed description;

Figure 1 is a top plan view'of the invention as applied;

. Figure 2 is a seotiontakenon the line of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail perspective viewof -:the locking means. a

Figure 4 is a top plan view 01": the plates showing thesameapplied to a" fragment of V a tie, the rail being shown in dotted lines.

The rails 1 are of usual construction and k are supported by the ties'2. At each side of the rail, on each tie, is secured a rectangular plate 3 whichiis provided at each end with" an integral downwardly extending 'fiange 4. The tie 2jis provided with a recess 5'ben'eath this plate, the plate constituting a cover for this recess. At ea'oh'end ofl the with a cut out or recess? inione edge. This recess is adapted to snugly receive a'heavyj I As soon as hook member" 13'is brought into registerwi th the slot 14 it is forced into the Y same; When. it is desiredgto release the bar spring10 which'isslidably mounted in brackets- 11 and 12 supported from thefin-j ner face of plate 3. Thes two brackets arein adapted toreceive alrbar foroperating the 'platea heavy'strip 6 ofjrubber, or 'other'suitable resilient materiahis interposed between i 7 bracket 16 thus securely lookingthe spring [against longitudinal, movement; For this purposethe angle bracket is placed slightly 9 out of alinement-rwiththe brackets 11 and 12 so that, as the springis moved into operative] "position, the hook member 13 will engage the p j j s'ecured to the tieat the endoi recess Be'it known 'that'I, WILLrAitR R M- remote from bracket '11. Art the other end the spring is bent over at right angles to provide anlintegral finger 17,]The plate 3 is 'a Second aperture '19 abeve' and adj ao ent the 1 bracket 12'. These two apertures are each locking mechanism. U H V In using my inventlon aplate'3 ismount r edat eachslde of and under'thera l '1 and w "projectingloutwardly fromthe base flange 1 I thereof. A spike ,8 is then inserted threugh the plateandjisdriven tightly into the jtie '50 This spike passes inside of thelsprin g 10 and, when the spike has reached its lowest position, the springwill be for -cedintoithe recess 9 by ts resil.ieney. Duringthisoper'ationthe hook member 1301 the-spring is out Z v of engagement with the slot 14 in the angle bracket 16 and thespring lO is nioved'longi-,

tudinally of recess5 so asto bring the ta 7 pered portion T 10 of the spring below the openingof plate? through which the spike 8 1s lnserted. 'Afterrthe' spikehas been driven firmly into :tie 2 a baris inserted through aperture 18 ofthe plate so as to engage be-V ,hind'fingerl'z, and the spring is then forced toward theslot let in the angle bracket 16. 5 f As the spring is moved in this direction the; i

tapered portion l'O exertsa wedging effect on the spike so as to force, it more tightly into engagement with the base flange of the frail. :When the springjhas been moved into 9 its full operative position the hookmember 13 engages throughfthe slot 145 of angle inner face of arm 15 so as to force the end portion of thespringinwardfunder pressure. 7

spike,'a bar is inserted through aperture '19 of plate 3 in .front of spring 10. The end portion ofthe spring is then forcedlaterally by means of this -bar. YThisreleases the from offfinger 17 the spring can be moved longitudinally into inoperatiye position so as to release the spike 8. In moving the spring "into operative position a bar will be placed in front of the springbeing inserted through the aperturelS), so. as to move the spring into proper engagement with the I spike.

The spring serves to effectually prevent the spike from-being drawn out oftie 2 thus eliminating all possibility ofsp reading of the rails. r

What Iclaim is': I 1. In rail securing means, the combination of a tie, a rail supported therebys aplate cured on the tie, said tie being provided with. a recess beneath the plate,a spikeipassedt throu h the late andjenaa 'in i with t h l y b vided with a. recess intermediate itsi'ends, and engaging into the tie, a pa r ofbrackets carried by theplate and in alinelnent tra versely of the tie, a spring slidably mounted in said brackets'and adapredt o engage into the recess of the spike so asto lock the same against movement, and means for prevent ing longitudinal movement of the spring.

2. In railsecuring m'eanisi the combination ofa tie, a rail supported thereby a plate se cured on the tie. said tie being provided witl arecess-beneath the plate,' spik passed through the plate andengaglngsoverithe QC, base flange of'the rail, said spike beingpro-* base flange of the rail, said spike being provided Wlth a"18C9 /SS IILOHGSlClQ, a pair of brackets carried by the -pla tei andiin alin'enient transversely of the tie, a bar spring slidaibly mounted in saidbrackets and adapted to engage into the recess of the spike, said bar spring having one'end portion tapered whereby a wedging effect is exertedon the' spike asuthe spring is moved into operative position so as to force the spike downward, and n eansmounted Withinthe recess ofth'e tie andcngaging withthe springfor locking the spring against longitudinal movement; v

3. in a railsecuring-means, the combine tion of a t1e,'.a rail'supported thereby;' a;t1e-

plate disposed onlhe tie said tie-being pro vided with a recess beneath the plate, 'a,spi kepassed through the plate andei'igagingover the base flange of thc rail, brackets carried by the plate an d mounted with n said recess, and means gaging the spike o prevent movei'nent o'l the same.

In testiinony'where'of I aflix lily-signature "supported by the brackets and-disposed i'nthe recess for en-' 

